Standing female figure "blolo bla" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3041145
Elfie Albert, Pyrbaum, Germany (~1970)
Description
wood, dark brown patina, remains of black paint, three strings of glass beads, brass ornament, unusual coiffure with long dangling pigtails, raised scarification marks, collection number “246-10” at the bottom of the base, slightly dam., missing parts (coiffure on the backside), traces of insect caused damage (bottom of the base), rep. at the same place
The object Standing female figure “blolo bla” with the object ID 3041145 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 182 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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